Dark matter is a hypothesized, invisible form of matter that does not interact with electromagnetic radiation. Its existence is inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter, such as galaxy rotation curves and gravitational lensing, rather than from direct detection. In the standard cosmological model it makes up roughly a quarter of the universe's total mass-energy content, far outweighing ordinary visible matter.
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Concept Domain Formulated YearSwiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky made the first substantial scientific inference of dark matter in 1933, applying the virial theorem to the Coma Cluster of galaxies and estimating it contained far more mass than was visually observable. The French term matiere obscure had been used earlier by Henri Poincare in 1906 in a different context. Connections
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Fritz Zwicky in 1933 made the more substantial scientific inference about dark matter in galaxy clusters, applying the virial theorem to the Coma Cluster and estimating it contained about 400 times more mass than was visually observable.
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Dark matter is an invisible and hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with electromagnetic radiation, including light.
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In astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is an invisible and hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with electromagnetic radiation, including light.
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Probing dark energy and dark matter
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